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Post by Rob Allen on Dec 18, 2023 19:24:33 GMT -5
8. Ms. Marvel
The original one, Carol Danvers. Marvel tried a few female heroes in the 70s - The Cat, Shanna - this may have been the best.
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Post by Rob Allen on Dec 18, 2023 19:15:23 GMT -5
9. Jimmy Olsen
Decades of weirdness, punctuated by the Kirby issues, which are indispensable.
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Post by Rob Allen on Dec 18, 2023 19:12:58 GMT -5
Another "better late than never" entry:
#10. Jughead
My favorite of the Archie characters. He's odd, he knows it and is completely happy with it.
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Post by Rob Allen on Dec 18, 2023 19:10:33 GMT -5
Another "better late than never" entry:
#11. The Watcher
I missed the Tales of Suspense backups but the Silver Surfer series and What If were sometimes excellent and always at least fun.
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Post by Rob Allen on Dec 18, 2023 19:03:50 GMT -5
Another "better late than never" entry:
#12: Lois Lane
For its illumination of the evolving changes in gender norms, and for decades of beautiful Kurt Schaffenberger art.
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Post by Rob Allen on Dec 18, 2023 18:58:59 GMT -5
Energy
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Post by Rob Allen on Dec 18, 2023 17:21:58 GMT -5
Warfare
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Post by Rob Allen on Dec 18, 2023 14:31:50 GMT -5
Gourmet
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Post by Rob Allen on Dec 16, 2023 19:53:17 GMT -5
Someone came up with the answer: The answer appears in one of the comments below the story in the link provided. Alfons Moliné wrote (translated): "It is, in fact, a series for the English market, "Johnny All Alone", originally published in the weekly Buster (whose eponymous character was also published in the Corrierino, renamed "Gigi Peste"), but drawn by a Spaniard , Gustavo Martínez, known as Martz Schmidt.”Someone else then posted a sample from Buster #1:
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Post by Rob Allen on Dec 15, 2023 20:38:57 GMT -5
Batting
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Post by Rob Allen on Dec 15, 2023 17:16:59 GMT -5
Theory
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Post by Rob Allen on Dec 15, 2023 15:58:11 GMT -5
Thanks, Dizzy! I'll pass that along.
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Post by Rob Allen on Dec 15, 2023 15:51:31 GMT -5
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Post by Rob Allen on Dec 15, 2023 15:14:34 GMT -5
Dodge
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Post by Rob Allen on Dec 15, 2023 14:16:53 GMT -5
# 84 - Drift Away - Dobie Gray"Beginnin' to think that I'm wastin' time I don't understand the things I do The world outside looks so unkind And I'm countin' on you You can carry me through" That record came out in 1973, which was the second half of my junior year and first half of senior year in high school. The song, and especially that verse, really spoke to me as I contemplated life after high school.
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